Edmund Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford


Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford, styled Viscount Enfield between 1899 and 1918, of Wrotham Park in the parish of South Mimms, Middlesex and 5, St James's Square, London, was an English peer.

Origins

He was the second son of Reverend Francis Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford by his wife Florence Louisa Miles, a daughter of Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet, who died giving birth to him.

Career

He was a County Alderman in Middlesex and Hertfordshire. He was elected a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London in July 1902.

Marriage and children

He married Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke, a daughter of Sir Thomas Colebrooke, 4th Baronet by whom he had two daughters and co-heiresses:
Upon his death in 1951, he was succeeded in the titles, but not in his estates, by his nephew, Robert Cecil Byng, 7th Earl of Strafford.